Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-27
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buys fos hern1lf and no1 fer Ne Dss1i-
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Il psoullaR 10 Ifanlg, nnA lks dealers hsil
/ ID tue demand for Fgeneh. 1t8ilnn nnd
spsnirh boofs aaTin9 shs pssl fsw
yeaRs. The msmheEs a. tie VnFhoMB t1R-
aliens 20 moss af fhsiF raadina q
Frennh, and theRa Is mot note4 dwell
lrr "a NashIoaton which hss rot ess
81 more readers q French nogeis. The
Washinaion noeisty wonan b s1pposed
g gpeak Frsnoh and many Of tee bellies
baFs think fhat tie laying down Of .
/ Ereneh novel upon fhe eneranas Of Q
caller & 9 aiu Of culture. ] know Q
| nnmbeK u Statesmen who devote their
! IsissBa b Rrsnch nefion, and Robert
Lincoln Rsts 8 fresh load q Krsneh
/ books every klms be ccmes b Washing
ten. De likea TIE better cInn1 Of French
slorios sRd aoas not aHs6s he tales Of
| lola e. otheF authoEswho deal ID qnes-
/ tionable m9Enlitg. HcpE1ss1la1lVs Hit
buys 9 great many FFeoeh and German
books, and Secretary Endioolt h reao-
e. q REeneh novels. Secretary Bay
ARDS denRhtef reads The Breneh bui
hs reads veFy little outside d history
and politiaai eeguomy. Re b wall up
% the biography Of TIE s1aieamsn Of
The pasa, and has Eead ail The great
apeeoAea made b he members Of hts
party ainos the dags Of JeAernan.
MFs. Vilas bnys the better eiaas %
noVels. she Is fond IL Tolstoi and has
| been reading some Of Ms kEanzlatee
works shis summer. Mn. FaiEohild b
highly euiiuFsd. and aines ahe has heon
ln washington sh9 has done oonsl6eFn-
be book b1Fing. Many ct her puf-
ehasss have been works Of
RoL1TIukL EoonoMI And HIKAECS.
And he probably huys thsss for her
| husband. One Of the beMt book-buyoEa
/ 10 Washfnaton, 90 The leading dealers
Cell me- "a simon Wolf, who vas, Il will
/ Be roDembeFed, Consul General ID
EQypt under Arthur. Mr.. Wolf makes
more than 81. 900 3 year, e h aid, IN
hia insurance sud Law business and be
certainly spends $500 upon bis lib
FaKy. he boys nothing bat the 6ne8t
edtsions. and the bookstores have Or
deFs 10 send him every beautiful nav
thing thai comes out. II be wants q be
kespa 10 and II not he returns Il a. pnee.
He paid so laat week foT too booka
which we're IN dkaegent line from those
which be had been puFshasinR. One Of
these was ems ediilon Of Don Qlix-
ote. Which oost 50, and the other vas
an edisson q iuxs % 1heekoFay's letters.
which have bssn lately pubiishsd Il
6crtbnsy's MegasiEs and which COT so.
Wolf is . enc scholar and be reads ssv-
eRul Languages. he is well ~ In the
classics, and be has one Of the bet lib-
raTiea In Warrington.
Another very good library 10 thai cf
Representative Hill, OF Illinois. and an
ether nan Who IL fond Of me editions
is Colonel John Hay, Llneoln's bio-
gEapheF. Hit buys q crest naa1y
French and German books, and be
never buys anything which Is not In
good blndina. He thinks ncehinq Of
paying SO for q finely illustrated vol
ume, end as be Il q miiliOnaifo he can
ahord y inaalae himself IN the hne-
book hsbby.
John Hays library b perhaps The
nnost beautifully enisked enc IN wash
inason. 10 ID on the ground door Of his
mansion, tust opposite the white H0uss
and Il has ceiling panneled 10 Old oak
With gfeas round discs which shins as
thoaah
wnzxLzD wErH aoED DUET
Under the sofs Light Of tbs chandeliers.
/ The books are 10 loW eaaea ground tha
walls, and Hays dsak, which e beauti-
fully carved, and Of wood correspond
/ ina with that Of tho room. 10 q square
a2alF - biz ns q dlnfna tahle. 4 AnaIy
/ illustFated edition Of the aAOmar Kaa-
yam" lay UPON u when called 10 see
him net long ego, aad The shelves were
diled With oogily bindings.
Oolenel Hay wants the best editions
be en- Get, and this desire for aRe BOOKS
4 on The increase. One book dealer Of
Washington invested $1,000 In Ana
English books iasf year a. an expert
mank and be has noi 500 worth Of
tkess left today. He orders French
nsguls hy tbs hundreds, and be tells me
that Be hes iust ordered 800 copies Of &
FFench novel which has q dash Of
wiekadnees IN u, and Which has iusl
hean published.
Secretary whitney has & good library,
and Il Il not true that be devotss dis
whole tina 20 novel reading. He likes
good story, buf he also reads standard
woEkA and among tho8e which be hiss
lAiely purchased are Mctleyis history Of
NE United Netherlands and bis Dutch
Repabiic. Whikney b o curious buyer
and he does not Ike 10 have The merits
Of books pointed cat 10 him. His
dealer has harmed 10 know his peculiar
lilies II this reapect and the clerks have
ofdsfs 70 lee him brs0sa around for
himself. He will come into the store,
look a The books upo1 The coanteg and
pick them up enc AFTER another ana
glance Fapidly through them. Ths
chances are thai ever book be locks 81
contains eoa1eenl1a 70 tneero13 him. and
Il Il Goes ha Invariably
Tucxa n uMpxa ma ann
and eosa On 10 look 81 others. In a
short tame be GETS his erm full and be
than piles The books 40 81 one side snd
lenks for more When be has half a
deEsa O. - be WI aak tie eisRkB q aaes-
ton. end Ne clerks have orders not %
Ry anything 10 him unkfl this tine.
Ia result y that BE ssidom fails 90 buv
. 6ag srdsR whsnsver be enters q book
n1cf4.
Two Il he oldasa booksellers Of
Waahtnaton are located mar the Capi-
ID One Of thess Il Joe shiilinatou,
who sold hooes 70 Tom Bentun uhen
be VS. getting up his Thirty Year
flsH. @nnd TIE ether 10 RobeFI Baall,
Who as Id used 10 deliver bocks anS
psuadioAis 10 D4nisi Webstez. Bsall
2ya thai Webster rs great buFER haa
. poor psysE. and Il vas very hard %
eoslesa q him. he rsmamhara General
6eott vsEy weii. snd be uays that Ton
Benton oaca zane tnsa the alors ana
Asked for Latin grammar. he moss
pep1laF Rram@Ar 81 that day VS. Bal
hou'A and one q those was handsd 20
Beaten. He laughed as be looked a. il /